GLHexen 2 for MacOS

GLHexen 2 for MacOS

If you want to play the retail version of Hexen 2, you will need to buy the PC version to use on the Mac.

Hexen 2 for the MacOS

®1997-2000 Raven Software

Requirements

- MacOS 8.5 or higher

- 32 MB RAM (48 recommended)

- A video card that supports OpenGL with at least 4MB of VRAM.

A Rage 128, Voodoo3 or higher are strongly recommended.

What is this?

Back in 1997, Raven Software released Hexen 2 for Windows 95, but the

game never made it to the Mac. They have since released the source code,

so we are able to bring you a MacOS version of Hexen 2 at last!

Hexen 2 is the 3rd in a series of games by Raven Software. The first was

Heretic, followed by Hexen, and this entry: Hexen 2. Hexen 2 was followed

on the PC by Heretic 2, which to date has not been ported to the Mac. For

details on gameplay and some background on the game itself, please see the

"Help" folder on the Hexen 2 CD.

How do I use this?

1. If you want to play the retail version of Hexen 2, you will need to buy

the PC version to use on the Mac. Some suggested online stores: www.activision.com,

www.outpost.com. We have no affiliation with any online retailer.

2. Once you have the PC CD in hand, copy the "data1" folder from the "Install->Hexen2"

directory on the PC CD to the same location as the "GLHexen 2" application on your Mac.

3. Optional: if you have access to a PC, you should run the 1.11 updater on

the PC data before you copy the Mac progs.dat file that comes with this application.

This isn't strictly necessary, but it helps.

4. Take the "progs.dat" file from within the 'place into "data1"' folder that

comes with the Mac application and copy it into the data1 folder that you just

copied from the CD. Now you're ready to play!

Mac-specific notes

Since Hexen 2 was ported to the Mac for free based on open-source code, we cannot

promise support of any kind. The Mac version is completely unsupported by both

Raven and id Software, so please do not e-mail them with any problems - they will

most likely ignore you.

You can configure most of the Mac settings by holding down the Command key when

double-clicking on the application to start it up. If you are using a mod and need

to pass some "command line" parameters to Hexen 2, you can type those commands in a

text file, then drag that text file onto the application to treat those commands as

if they were typed on a terminal-based command line.

The Mac conversion was done by Brad Oliver ([email protected]) and

Frank Condello ([email protected]), based on the work done on GLQuake

by David Caldwell and others. Although the conversion was done for free by

volunteers in their spare time, we are striving towards a commercial-quality

app and we believe it is almost to that level.

Need further help?

If you are having trouble or would like to report a bug, please send an e-mail

to either [email protected] or [email protected] with as many details as you

can provide, and we'll try to help you out.

The Hexen 2 for Mac homepage is here: http://www.planetquake.com/paroxysm/

Known Issues

- The code is based off the open-source Hexen 2 Mission Pack code. That codebase

has no explicit support for the regular Hexen 2 release or the demo, but we were

able to make it work with a little bit of hacking. You may encounter some minor

scripting errors or possibly get dumped back to the Hexen console during a game.

In the event this happens, please let us know and try to provide a saved game if possible.

Future Plans

- Add GameRanger support

Version History

0.8 - 25 November 2000

- First release, in sync with the 1.12 Hexen 2 Mission Pack codebase.